Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe tried to investigate the academy and retrieve Tang San while Nan Li helped Dan Hong conceal Xiao Wu. An explosion destroyed part of the Teacher Dormitory, exposing Xiao Wu and leaving Dan Hong apparently injured as Blood Pierce Douluo appeared.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Ling Yuan to bring Tang San back and led guards to investigate unusual activity at the academy.
• Dan Hong prepared a pill-refining cauldron in the storage room while Nan Li went to delay Xue Qinghe and her guards.
• Nan Li deliberately collided with Xue Qinghe, who escorted her away and checked that her tracking bracelet remained in place.
• An explosion blasted through the Teacher Dormitory, and Nan Li broke free from Xue Qinghe to rush toward the damaged building.
• Nan Li found Xiao Wu unconscious and Dan Hong apparently wounded, while Blood Pierce Douluo appeared in the air and Xiao Wu was exposed.

Xue Qinghe confronted the aftermath of an explosion at Nuoding Academy, while Ling Yuan attacked Tang San after he refused recruitment. Tang Hao rescued his son and confronted Yu Xiaogang, leaving the reason for Tang San’s near-abduction unresolved.

• Xue Qinghe apologized to Jiang E Li for his guards injuring Dan Hong, then noticed Xiao Wu carried the aura of a Soul Beast.
• Ling Yuan attacked Tang San when he refused recruitment, knocking him unconscious with her Soul Power.
• Tang Hao appeared, struck Ling Yuan unconscious with his hammer, and carried Tang San away.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Tang San had been knocked unconscious and cared for him as Tang Hao introduced himself.
• Tang Hao warned Yu Xiaogang that someone had nearly taken Tang San away by force.

After Tang Hao left Xiao San in Yu Xiaogang’s care with a Papal Edict, Nan Li watched healing Soul Master Lyle treat Dan Hong and Xiao Wu. Xue Qinghe suspected Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast, but a Coral Bead’s disappearance of the Soul Power fluctuation led Blood Pierce Douluo to confirm she was human, and Xue Qinghe left the academy.

• Tang Hao gave Yu Xiaogang a black token, told him to care for Xiao San, and left despite Yu Xiaogang’s objection.
• Director Su asked Lyle, a four-ring healing Soul Master with the Poem of Heliotrope Martial Soul, to treat Dan Hong and Xiao Wu.
• Nan Li suspected Lyle might be connected to Spirit Hall after recognizing the significance of her Angel-like lyre.
• Xue Qinghe confronted the waking Xiao Wu and began questioning whether she was human, but Dan Hong interrupted her.
• Nan Li and Xiao Wu put away their Coral Beads, ending the Soul Power fluctuation, and Blood Pierce Douluo confirmed Xiao Wu was human.
• Xue Qinghe compensated Director Su for the damage and departed with her Dark Soul Guards.

Nan Li, Dan Hong, and Xiao Wu discussed how Dan Hong used Coral Beads and Fairy Fish scales to protect Xiao Wu, and Nan Li explained the Coral Immortal Fish Clan’s history and the value of their treasures. The conversation ended with Xiao Wu condemning human Soul Masters’ greed, while Nan Li affirmed that humans and Soul Beasts could coexist peacefully.

• Dan Hong praised Nan Li for using a Coral Bead to bluff their way through, then explained the Coral Fairy Fish’s abilities, vulnerability, and near-extinction.
• Dan Hong said the Coral Immortal Fish Clan had migrated to Sun Island for protection, and Xiao Wu recognized the island from what her mother had told her.
• Dan Hong explained that Coral Beads could store Soul Power, repair shattered Soul Bones, and sometimes improve their quality.
• Nan Li revealed that Dan Hong had used Fairy Fish scales while refining medicine to conceal Xiao Wu’s aura, contributing to the Soul Power fluctuations the Dark Soul Guards sensed.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Soul Beasts could coexist peacefully with humans, and Nan Li said tolerant people could treat every life well, human or beast.
• Xiao Wu denounced human Soul Masters as greedy and selfish after Nan Li described their endless pursuit of Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

Nan Li rejected the idea that the weak could demand fairness and resolved to survive by becoming stronger, while Qian Renxue relived the destruction of Spirit Hall and renewed her vow to reclaim its glory. After Ling Yuan was revived and identified Tang Hao as her attacker, Nan Li repaid Xue Qinghe with Golden Coral Beads and walked away, leaving their future enmity unresolved.

• Nan Li declared that strength determined justice on Douluo Continent and resolved that she would live while her enemy died.
• Qian Renxue relived Spirit Hall's defeat at Jialing Pass and swore to make the Angel God's light shine across Douluo Continent.
• The Dark Soul Guards found Ling Yuan unconscious, and Lyle treated her until she awoke and identified Tang Hao as her attacker.
• Thornblood recognized the importance of Ling Yuan's report and called for Tang Hao's return to be reported to the authorities.
• Qian Renxue invited Nan Li to Heaven Dou City, but Nan Li gave her Golden Coral Beads and left without looking back.

After three years at Nuoding Academy, Nan Li reached Level 30, arranged to graduate early, and prepared to train in the Star Dou Great Forest before heading to Shrek Academy. She left the academy for a new journey as a storm approached the Douluo Continent.

• Nan Li read Dong Yun's letter urging her to attend Four Elements Academy, then told the Third Elder she planned to train in the Star Dou Great Forest and later go to Shrek Academy.
• The Third Elder arranged for Dan Hong to accompany Nan Li after her forest training, while Nan Li continued cultivating until she broke through to Level 30.
• Nan Li wrote to Xue Qinghe that she would be away training and asked her not to send letters for the time being.
• Nan Li arranged an early graduation, and the Old Principal offered her advice and wished her well.
• Nan Li flew out the academy window and set off, while the Old Principal watched her depart.

Several months after entering the Star Dou Great Forest, Nan Li and Dan Hong sparred with a ten-thousand-year Mane Lion Lizard that suddenly turned hostile. Nan Li used her Golden Feather Armor to knock it down, and the lizard left after Dan Hong paid it with a Star Flame Flower.

• Nan Li and Dan Hong sparred with the Mane Lion Lizard while Third Elder watched, but it suddenly went berserk and chased them.
• Jiang E Li revealed that Nan Li had struck the lizard's tail, and Dan Hong's attacks failed to pierce its tough hide.
• Nan Li used her Third Soul Skill, Golden Feather Armor, to block the lizard's Flame Breath and slam into its head.
• The Mane Lion Lizard demanded the promised spirit grass, so Dan Hong gave it a Star Flame Flower.
• The lizard ate the flower and left, and Nan Li and Dan Hong rejoined Third Elder.

Nan Li and Dan Hong experimented with refining Soul Rings to absorb their Soul Power instead of letting it dissipate. After several failed attempts, Nan Li succeeded in extracting the Soul Power from a yellow Soul Ring, though neither she nor Dan Hong seemed pleased by the result.

• Nan Li and Dan Hong chased down a gray rabbit, killed it with Nan Li’s Golden Feather, and roasted it with the Third Elder.
• Nan Li accidentally crushed a Flame Leaf and tried burning its Decade Soul Ring, causing the ring to explode.
• Nan Li tested the method on the Soul Rings around the Third Elder’s fish, but the fish was destroyed when the rings exploded.
• Dan Hong tried refining a Soul Ring with her First Soul Skill, Weave Fire, but it also exploded.
• After months of experiments, Nan Li used flames to break apart a yellow Soul Ring and absorb its Soul Power.

Nan Li and Dan Hong completed nearly a year of training in the Star Dou Great Forest and set out for Shrek Academy. On the way, they discovered an unusually vigorous fire attribute in a Stone Forest and decided to investigate its cause, despite the danger.

• Nan Li and Dan Hong discussed the limits of refining Soul Rings, and Nan Li resolved not to use the method on a large scale because she did not want her Clan Members to suffer the same fate.
• The Third Elder told Nan Li that her training was nearly finished and that he would return to Sun Island, while Nan Li prepared to leave for Shrek Academy.
• The Third Elder escorted Nan Li and Dan Hong out of the inner region before a message from Sun Island prompted him to hurry back.
• Nan Li and Dan Hong passed the Mane Lion Lizard, which seemed weak and frightened, then noticed the Stone Forest’s unusually strong fire attribute and its Danxia Wutong Wood.
• Dan Hong suspected rare medicinal herbs were nearby and chose to investigate, and Nan Li agreed to accompany her for protection.

Dan Hong used her fifth soul skill to find a rare Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum, and she and Nan Li decided to wait for it to bloom. As night fell, Nan Li sensed danger and urged Dan Hong to leave, but Dan Hong hesitated to risk moving the precious flower.

• Dan Hong summoned a fire bird with her fifth soul skill, Spirit Seeking, and followed it with Nan Li to a sandstone pit.
• Dan Hong found a Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum hidden in a cracked rock and explained its rarity and its ability to help fire-element Soul Beasts take Humanoid Form.
• Dan Hong decided to wait for the epiphyllum to bloom so she could harvest its petals, and Nan Li agreed.
• As night fell, Nan Li suggested storing the flower in Dan Hong's Soul Tool and leaving, but Dan Hong said it might wither without access to spiritual energy.

Nan Li and Dan Hong guarded the Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum when a powerful red Hou Beast attacked, forcing them to fight before the flower could fully bloom. The Hou Beast overwhelmed their combined assault and ended the chapter with its jaws clamped around one of Nan Li’s wings.

• Nan Li and Dan Hong waited for the Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum to bloom, but a giant beast burst from a cave before its petals had fully turned red.
• Nan Li recognized the creature as a possible Divine Beast called a Hou and attacked it while Dan Hong protected the flower with a cage of fire.
• Nan Li’s Golden Feathers and Dan Hong’s Fire Feather Flame failed to injure the Hou Beast, which threw Nan Li from its head and nearly crushed her.
• Dan Hong rescued Nan Li, but the Hou Beast recovered quickly and pounced at them again.
• Nan Li pushed Dan Hong out of danger and tried to evade the beast, but the Hou Beast snapped its jaws shut on one of her wings.

Nan Li and Dan Hong fought a Fire Hou guarding the Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum, but it grew into a Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl with greater power than Dan Hong. As Dan Hong went to take the flower, Nan Li attacked the beast with her Golden Feather and Southern Bright Leaving Fire, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Fire Hou trapped Nan Li in its jaws, and Dan Hong’s Crimson Feather Slash barely scratched its scales.
• Nan Li followed Jiang E Li’s advice and stabbed the beast’s vulnerable lower jaw, then used a mental attack to drive her Golden Feather deeper into its mouth.
• The Fire Hou unleashed a fiery roar and expanded into a Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl, forcing Nan Li and Dan Hong to retreat.
• Nan Li urged Dan Hong to take the Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum while she faced the beast, which regarded both sparrows as prey.
• Nan Li used her blood to intensify her Companion Flame into Southern Bright Leaving Fire and drove her Golden Feather into the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl, piercing its flesh.

Nan Li and Dan Hong fought the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl after Dan Hong harvested the Dragon Bone Torch Epiphyllum. When the beast attacked again, Nan Li unleashed her Vermilion Bird power and trapped it beneath the pressure of her Southern Bright Domain.

• Nan Li broke both of the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl's horns, then backed away with Dan Hong after Dan Hong harvested the epiphyllum.
• The Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl attacked as they retreated, and Dan Hong blasted it with gunpowder spheres.
• Dan Hong treated Nan Li's wounds while the beast recovered and launched a torrent of flames at them.
• Nan Li swept Dan Hong out of danger, drew a bird-shaped totem with her blood, and inscribed the character "Li" in flames.
• Nan Li invoked the Southern Bright Domain, and the Vermilion Bird's ancient pressure forced the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl to the ground.

Nan Li defeated the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl but collapsed after overusing her bloodline power, and a strange bird revealed her connection to the Chongming Bird. A crimson-haired man appeared in her Sea of Consciousness, gave her a head Soul Bone, and Nan Li woke after Dan Hong sheltered her in a cauldron.

• Nan Li sealed the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl's blood mist, burned it with Southern Bright Leaving Fire, and took its blood pearl and Inner Core.
• Nan Li collapsed as her Martial Soul and domain vanished, and her pupils split into Double Pupils while Dan Hong rushed to help her.
• Nan Li's Soul Tools summoned a featherless bird that entered her Sea of Consciousness, where Jiang E Li recognized it as a Chongming Bird.
• A crimson-haired man appeared before Nan Li, called her the child he had with A'yin, and sent her a crimson-gold light before fading away.
• Dan Hong trapped Nan Li beneath a cauldron filled with Heavenly Pool water while her wounds healed and a Phoenix Bird Holding Pearl-shaped head Soul Bone entered her body.
• Nan Li woke in darkness and repeatedly struck the barrier until Dan Hong lifted the cauldron and revealed her.

Nan Li told Dan Hong that the figure she had seen was her father, Chong Yang, who had sacrificed himself to save Nan Yin and Sun Island. After Dan Hong examined the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl’s Inner Core, Nan Li tried to butcher the beast, but it revealed that it was still alive and shrank back to its healthy, smaller form.

• Nan Li explained that Chong Yang had sacrificed himself to Nan Yin during the Overlord Pangolin Tiger Shark’s attack, and she insisted that her mother would return one day.
• Nan Li gave the blood bead to Dan Hong, who identified it as the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl’s Inner Core and returned it to her.
• Dan Hong inspected the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl and worried that its charred body would not fit in her Soul Tool, so Nan Li prepared to break it down.
• Nan Li stabbed the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl, which revealed that it was still alive; when Nan Li threatened to kill it, the beast shrank and healed by drawing blood energy into its Inner Core.
• Dan Hong pointed out the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl’s discarded horns, and the beast frantically refused to take them back.

Nan Li killed the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl and the Mane Lion Lizard, then helped Dan Hong absorb the latter’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. After they left the Star Dou Great Forest for Suotuo City, they entered a Soul Tool shop where Jiang E Li identified its owner as Shrek Academy’s headmaster, Flender.

• Nan Li killed the Cloud-Swallowing Fire Howl and used her flames to kill the Mane Lion Lizard, then gave Dan Hong the chance to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Dan Hong spent a day and a night refining the Mane Lion Lizard’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and reached level fifty-five.
• Nan Li and Dan Hong left the Star Dou Great Forest and flew toward Suotuo City, planning to go to Shrek Academy.
• Nan Li and Dan Hong entered a Soul Tool shop in Suotuo City, where Jiang E Li recognized the shopkeeper as Flender and warned Nan Li that he was a greedy profiteer.

Nan Li and Dan Hong bought a Plate Crystal and a shabby Soul Tool ring from Flender, then discovered the ring had been a bargain after cleaning it. They prepared to register at Shrek Academy while discussing Dan Hong’s plans to settle near Suotuo City and look after Nan Li.

• Nan Li chose a Plate Crystal and an old ring at Flender’s shop, and Flender demanded eleven thousand Gold Soul Coins for both.
• Nan Li paid Flender by dropping a sack of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on him after handing over another thousand, then left with Dan Hong.
• Flender counted the coins and wondered about Nan Li’s cultivation and whether she would become one of Shrek Academy’s promising new students.
• Nan Li and Dan Hong broke open the Plate Crystal and cleaned the ring, revealing that its true appearance made the purchase worthwhile.
• Dan Hong said she would refine medicine and settle near Suotuo City after Nan Li enrolled, while Nan Li urged her to be careful and promised to protect her someday.

Nan Li and Dan Hong arrived at Shrek Academy, where Nan Li astonished the admissions staff with her age, Soul Power, and rare Soul Ring configuration. After entering the academy, she accidentally shattered a Soul Power testing crystal, leaving the teacher speechless.

• Nan Li and Dan Hong joined Shrek Academy's registration line, where Dai Mubai demonstrated his strength and the screening elder explained that the academy accepted only monsters.
• Nan Li passed the first test by revealing three Soul Rings—yellow, purple, and black—and proving she was ten years old; the elder allowed Dan Hong to accompany her inside.
• Dai Mubai led Nan Li and Dan Hong into the academy and explained that applicants with Soul Power at rank twenty-five or above could skip the second and third tests.
• A teacher invited Nan Li to test her Soul Power, and she shattered the crystal ball by channeling her strength into it.

Nan Li began Shrek Academy’s fourth trial, facing Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar despite her overwhelming advantage in Soul Power and Soul Ring configuration. The assessment started with Dai Mubai attacking first, leaving the battle underway.

• Nan Li’s crystal shattered during the previous test, revealing that she had reached Soul Elder cultivation, and Dai Mubai led her to the fourth trial.
• Oscar tried to sell Nan Li sausages before Dai Mubai explained that she had to withstand a stick of incense against him and Ma Hongjun while Oscar provided support.
• Dan Hong cleared the area, and Nan Li’s five Soul Rings shocked Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar revealed their levels and Martial Souls, while Nan Li introduced herself as a Level 39 Agility Attack System Battle Soul Elder with a Flame Feather Vermilion Bird Martial Soul.
• Oscar lit the incense, and Dai Mubai launched his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave as Ma Hongjun charged Nan Li.

Nan Li overwhelmed Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar with her speed, flames, and tactical attacks, and Flender declared the match decided. As Nan Li pressed her advantage against Dai Mubai, she revealed that she knew he had fled the Star Luo Empire, leaving him shocked.

• Nan Li dodged Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's attacks, countered them, and overpowered their flames with Li Fire.
• Nan Li maneuvered around Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to strike at Oscar, then destroyed the sausages he threw to aid his teammates.
• Nan Li knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious, sent Dai Mubai flying, and trapped Dai Mubai and Oscar inside walls of fire.
• Flender said victory had already been decided as Nan Li's flames cornered Oscar and restricted Dai Mubai's movements.
• Dai Mubai continued fighting, but Nan Li attacked him through the flames and taunted him about fleeing the Star Luo Empire, shocking him.